# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phani-majumdar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:49:48.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phani-majumdar"
name: "Phani Majumdar"
slug: "phani-majumdar"
description: "Phani Majumdar was a pioneering Indian film director, who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema, most known for his film Street Singer (1938) starring K.L. Saigal noted for its song, Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye, Meena Kumari classic Aarti (1962) and Oonche Log (1965). He also worked in Singapore, where he notably made Hang Tuah (1955) in Malay, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival."
tagline: "Indian film director (1911–1994)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/20yIbQlIpUouR0fEJtIH0JTpPex.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1911-12-28"
deathDate: "1994-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46
  momentum:             4.095914008130641
  historical:           7.957057333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538297/"
    handle:    "nm0538297"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%B4%94%E5%B2%B1"
    title: "馬純岱"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "فانى ماچومدار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "ফণী মজুমদার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phani_Majumdar"
    title: "Phani Majumdar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "پانی ماجومدار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "फनी मजुमदार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phani_Majmudar"
    title: "Phani Majmudar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பானி மஜூம்தார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "پھانی مجمدار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7180471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558137"
    title: "Phani Majumdar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump